Summer has arrived in earnest here, and with it, the antiquated air conditioner which comes with my furnished apartment. Fortunately, it has not been super-hot (yet) with the exception of one or two days, so I have not (yet) had to use the air conditioner on a regular basis. I’m grateful for this, as it…
Modern technology does have its down sides (see Rob Bell’s recent series: A Brief Guide to the Undernet: Parts One, Two, and Three), but one of its up sides allowed for one of my dearest friends and I to spend an evening this weekend chatting via FaceTime while we cooked our respective dinners in two different…
Lo, under the gentle Vine, O Christ, The whole church plays in peace. – Notker, the Monk from St. Gall I had the incredible privilege last month of overhearing a conversation between Pádraig Ó Tuama and Peter Rollins about peacemaking – not just once, but twice, thanks to this glorious technology known as a podcast. As I…
Summer has arrived in Brooklyn, and, inspired by the lovely weather, I purchased about a zillion vegetables this weekend with the intent of cooking all weekend and having leftovers all week. I’m one recipe in so far, and I think I may have accidentally purchased enough veggies to feed five people for a week –…
Yesterday was the one-year anniversary of my move to Brooklyn. Someone asked me not too long ago if I felt like a true New Yorker yet, and the answer is no. No, I do not… and I am not entirely convinced that I ever will. In the words of Jo March in Little Women, “I…
